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W. A. SPOONEB..

PUMP.

Patented Sept. 1

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. SPOONER, OF HARWINTON, CONNECTICUT.

PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,484, datedSeptember 19, 1882. Application n'leanprn 22,1882 (No moda.)

llo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. SPooNER, of Harwinton, in the county ofLitchfield and State ot' Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pumps, of which the following is a speoitication anddescription.

The object of my invention is to adapt the lower box of an ordinarysuction-pump to be easily and conveniently secured in place in the baseot' the pump, and to adapt it to be coupled with the pipe which extendsto the water-reser-V voir in that class of pumpswhose lower end isflanged and bolted to a separate base; and I accomplish this by themechanism 'substantially as hereinafter described, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a perspective view of alower pump-box constructed according to my invention and adapted to besecured in place in the base of a pump and coupled with the pipe whichextends to the water-reservoir. Fig. II is a vertical longitudinalsection of the saine at the axis of the barrel which projects from itslower side, and showing the device as secured in place in the base ofthe pump, and also show. ing its barrel as adapted to be secured orcoupled with the water-pipe; and Fig. III is aplau view of the pump-basemade separate from' the pump and adapted to be bolted or screwed to thedoor or board which is to support the pump.

In the drawings, 1 represents a plate made of cast metal and having acentral opening, with an annular interior ange, as 2, projecting fromthe plate into this opening, with one or more lugs, as 3, preferably ofnearlythe same thickness in a vertical direction. as the ange 2.

Y This plate is provided with screw or bolt holes,

through which fastenings are inserted to secure it firmly in place, andis also provided with holes, as 16, to receive bolts or screws, by whichthe lower flanged end of the pump-tube is rmly secured thereto.

5 represents a short tube or barrel whose lower end is provided with anexterior screwthread, and is provided at its upper end with an externalannular flange, as 4, and extending upward a short distance above thisflange is a hollow projection, as 7, whose interior diameter should beof substantially the same diameter as that of the barrel 5 below, inorder to give a free passage for the water upward` and the upper end ofthispart, as 7, is squared o" upon a true plane and forms a raisedvalveseat for the valve, as 15. This valve may consist ot' any suitableIlexible material-russetleather being well adapted to the purposeand maybe of rectangular form on the back side, and secured to the seat on theback side by a metal b ar, as 14, placed outop, with screws turned downthrough this metal bar, and also through the valve, as 15, firmly intothe metal of the part, as 7, as shown clearly in Fig. II. A metal piece,as 8, is secured to the upp'er side of this leather, as 15, ofsufficient size and weight to keep the leather pressed down rmly uponits seat; and this metal may be secured to the leather by a screw turnedup from below through a washer on the under side of the' leather andinto the metal above, as shown clearly in Fig. II.

A projecting piece, as 9, may be made on the upper side of the disk, as4, or from the exterior of the raised valve-seat, vas 7, and this piece,as 9, may he of any desired shape, and which I denominate a hangerf andto this hanger, as at 12, is pivoted or suspendeda trip, as 11, which isso weighted as to cause its lower end to impinge againsttheupwardly-projecting nger, as 10, made on the metal portion 8 of thevalve.

If desired, the metal part, as 8, of the valve may extend back quitenear to the. metal bar, as 14, so that the valve may be. limited orstopped in its tilting movement as the valve tilts upon its flexibleportion between the bar, as 14, which secures it to the part 7, and thatpart to which the metal portion, as 8, is secured.

When the device is secured in place the barrel, as 5, is inserted downinto the openingin the base 1, and the disk, as 4, is placed in theannular recess, as 18, in the base, and resting upon the ange, as 2,with suitable packingas leather or rubber-between the disk and theiange, and with one ofthe lugs, as 3, on the base between two ofthelugs, 6, on the lower side ofthe disk, the base 1 being rst securelyfastened to the floor, or to the platform which is to support the pump.The pump, having its lower end flanged, is then placed upon the disk, as4, with suitable packing between, and

is iirmly secured to the base by bolts or screws inserted through theflange on the lower end of the pump-tube and into or through the base`and the edge of the disk et is firmly clamped between the pump-tube andthe base and making` a tight joint. The upper end oi" the waterpipe,which is provided with an external shoulder or collar, as 20, is broughtup against the lower end of the barrel, as'5, with suitable packingbetween, and tbe threaded coupling below the shoulder or collar 20 isbrought up and turned upon the threaded lower end ofthe barrel 5 with awrench until the packing is firmly clamped between the end of thewaterpipe and the tube, and a water-tight joint is thereby made betweenthe barrel 5 and the water-pipe, the engagement ot' the lugs, as G, onthe disk with that on the base preventing thc disk and its barrel 5 fromturning when the coupling is turned up tirmly with the wrench. Thevalve-seat and its valve are then in tirm 'position in the pump, and thewater may be let out of the pump, and also out of thewater pipe belowthe valve, by raising the handle ot' the pump until the upper boxstrikes the upper end of the hanger 9, in which the upper extreme end,as 13, of the hanger projects up ythrough the central opening oftheupper box "When constructed as above described the pump may bc set upand all theparts connected in a very few minutes, and if the seat of thevalve on the upper end of the part, as 7, should become injured or needto be leveled up or smoothed off it may readily be done by removing thevalve from its fastening at the back 'as the seat is raised, and may bereadily smoothed oft' with a tile, if desired.

It is evident that the water-pipe may be soldered to the lower end ofthe barrel 5 instead of.being secured by a coupling, if it should bedesired, without departing from the invention in the least.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- Thecombination, in a pump, of a base having an internal tlange, a diskadapted to bc secured firmly into said base and provided on its lowerside with a downwardly-projecting coupling-barrel for connection with awaterpipe, and provided on its upper side with a raised valve-seat, andalso with a hanger projecting upward from said disk, and all madeintegral with said disk, a valve fitted to operate upon said valve-seatand provided with an upwardly-projecting linger, and a trip pivoted tosaid hanger with said finger, all substantially as described.

TILLIAM A. SPOONER.

Witnesses:

T. A. CURTIS, Guns. H. Woon.

